I'm thinking of getting the Acer Aspire Ultrabook after reading Consumer Reports. My question is: Do you like the keyboard?
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The touchpad seems ultra sensitive to me, but then this is my first laptop so I have nothing to compare it to. I have a wireless mouse also that I use sometimes.
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It's a very nice notebook! The keyboard is one of the features I really like about it.
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I truly love my computer. The key board takes a little getting use to, but I like it.
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I like the keyboard but the buttons on the touchpad are clunky. You really need to use a lot of pressure when pressing them.
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FWIW, at a Best Buy in another city, their ASUS notebooks had two finger scrolling working properly and the icons showing in the tray area. Must be something in the setup wrong at the store near me. I finally opted for the Gateway EC5801u which is also a thin, light, longlife model like these ASUS machines. It uses a Synaptic touchpad with a spiral scrolling gesture that I've quickly come to like. Swirl your finger round and round in a circle and it scrolls like controlling an ipod.
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I have one of the early Acer 8.9" netbooks and it's still going strong. Nice keyboard for a machine of this size. It has taken some knocks while traveling and survived. I did have one customer service issue that required a bios update, but Acer did pretty well in that regard (free return shipping, took about two weeks to get the machine back). On the basis of this ownership experience I wouldn't hesitate to buy another Acer.
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You mean the keyboard doesn't work anymore? I have not had any problems with my unit and I'm very happy with it. If I had to complain it would be not being able to upgrade the 128GB RAM. Other than that I am extremely pleased. Good luck with your problem. Sorry I couldn't help.
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Yes! i LOVE it. While the onscreen keyboard was OK for short notes, it was way too slow for anything longer. Having this keyboard was one of my favorite upgrade features.
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The battery life really depends on your screens brightness and what your doing on the internet. Watching videos or downloading things will drain the battery more then just posting on facebook or doing research. As for the keyboard, no it doesn't have a backlight which, to me, is the only thing I see wrong with it besides the touch pad. Not sure if its just mine but my touch pad doesn't work properly. Other then that, its a great laptop, im completely satisfied with it.
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Kay - In playing with a color version on display at a local store, I think you will like the keyboard. It feels great as well as looks good. I started this post due to not being able to get a hands-on feel for the black keyboard.
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Hello I might not be much help here but there is a template picture for this item. I also looked at plenty of pictures of your model and the keyboard layout looks the same to me. If you want to be absolutely sure contact the seller :). Also my friend's model is Acer Aspire E1-472G-6648. I also used this to compare
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Thank you for that information. Sadly I had to return my MSI U120 as the keyboard was defective. Sam's Club had a Dell mini notebook/netbook for $348 and I just bought it. It's really nice as I already have a Dell Inspirion laptop.
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It has been out of stock since July. There were some noticeable problems with these laptops (in design). Customer complaints about really bad backlight leaking, bent keyboards (in the middle), and the USB slots do not align with the outside shell. Hopefully ASUS tries to fix these issues for a second revision of this laptop. They are coming out with another line of ultrabooks with dedicated graphics minus the IPS screen (:-/). ASUS S Series (this month or next month will be the "official release")
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Lynn, hi............yes one model comes with a keyboard, another comes as a "swipe" screen, which I didn't want as some reports said it wasn't always responsive. Additionally, I'm a kind of clean freak, and I wouldn't want to constantly be cleaning the screen of my fingerprints. I feel secure with that little love bug we all call a mouse. Lynn, do you realize it takes us anywhere in the world, does all kinds of chores, and never asks for anything in return??? If you haven't bought this model Lenovo, do so unless you are going to constantly play games on line and download movies, it has plenty of memory to handle your needs. Good luck with whatever you buy. Lynn, hi............yes one model comes with a keyboard, another comes as a "swipe" screen, which I didn't want as some reports said it wasn't always responsive. Additionally, I'm a kind of clean freak, and I wouldn't want to constantly be cleaning the screen of my fingerprints. I feel secure with that little love bug we all call a mouse. Lynn, do you realize it takes us anywhere in the world, does all kinds of chores, and never asks for anything in return??? If you haven't bought this model Lenovo, do so unless you are going to constantly play games on line and download movies,... » Read More Lynn, hi............yes one model comes with a keyboard, another comes as a "swipe" screen, which I didn't want as some reports said it wasn't always responsive. Additionally, I'm a kind of clean freak, and I wouldn't want to constantly be cleaning the screen of my fingerprints. I feel secure with that little love bug we all call a mouse. Lynn, do you realize it takes us anywhere in the world, does all kinds of chores, and never asks for anything in return??? If you haven't bought this model Lenovo, do so unless you are going to constantly play games on line and download movies, it has plenty of memory to handle your needs. Good luck with whatever you buy. « Show Less
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I agree back-lit keyboards are really nice. It definitely swing my decision over to buying an Asus in a heartbeat if I knew the UL80/UL30 series had back-lit keyboards...
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Yes :) low performance machine, but great value. Keyboard, Windows 8, and impressive battery life.
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I just got my SE, and of course...want to return it for the N110. But I gotta say that the SE is a wonderful little machine. Fabulous keyboard...tight and firm and fast with plenty of room for blazing touch typing. Screen is superbright. Battery life is Long...but not as long as they say...I've never seen more than 7 hours on my little battery icon...I carefully drain it each time before recharge....of course I don't have it on battery save settings. It is about the best Skype computer ever...wonderful Skype speakerphone...no headset needed..... The speaker was WEAK until I saw the UTube Vid about tweaking the sound (main thing is to set the audio to Laptop instead of Desktop setting). There's also a good one about eliminating screen-covering lines at the top of browsers. Fingerprints are ridiculous...whadda mess. Weight and build quality are perfect...the battery DOES stick out a bit, but it's a nice fingerhold. All in all...I WANT to return my SE and get a 110, but I can't make a logical case for it.
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I've owned the 500GB model since August. I bought it as a travel machine, but it has become my main machine. Have had no troubles. I also have a Lenovo 15". The Asus screen is so great; the size so compact, the RAID0 fast start so responsive, is it is what I am on almost all the time. Looking for improvements -- I would like 16GB of memory for big files and a 10 keypad for numeric entry. I'm happy with this -- but watching for Asus to add those feature and I will buy Asus again. My first Asus laptop, but by comparison HP and Lenovo are appliances.
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That is one of the downfalls of this laptop. The keyboard is very basic and does not have any special controls or access keys. You have adjust the volume manually on Windows.
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Battery life is good. Don't use it except web surfing, but don't have to plug it in but every few days. It is a great computer and works very well. Great backlit keyboard and sturdy. A little heavy compared to ultra thin laptops, but for the money you can't beat it. I love mine...